Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa: September 2025

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Tuesday September 30, 2025 Working

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Tuesday September 30, 2025

Yesterday was a busy day! First, Louise from upstairs came down to order some t-shirts and a hoodie. She liked my Hallowe'en sign with cats on my door so she wanted a copy,.. then bears, then Robert Plant with a dove,... so I printed them for her (the Canon printer actually worked well) and laminated them all. And I actually got paid for my work!

Then I ordered a bunch of stickers of some of my work off of RedBubble, which was surprisingly cheaper, and with more options, than Pixels... I am hoping to put most, if not all on the Gio.

At 5pm I met with Adel, the secretary in the office downstairs, for a photo shoot. We went with her pregnant niece and her twins, and Adel's daughter, to the Legislature to take some pictures. With a bleak day, no sun, featureless grey sky, etc, the only real positive was the absence of strong shadow....

The idea was first to get photos of the pregnant niece, then to get decent shots of Adel to use for advertising for her French radio show. Yes, she is multi-talented.. This encompassed many wardrobe and wig changes...

I obviously had a lot of work to do to combat the original, kinda dreary, photos and blah fall colours. The Topaz AI really came to the rescue first, and then PhotoShop, and I worked till 1am...

Don had popped by with War Wontons for me to sample later... Another meal I don't have to cook..., works for me!!

This morning, I had Adel come up to find a way to complete her ad to put on social media, while trying to maintain her specific logo. After several tries, we finally got it done before noon. I am going to post a sampling of our work....

Then I am going back for a long nap....

I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.

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Sunday, September 28, 2025

Sunday September 28, 2025 Sports

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Sunday September 28, 2025

Wednesday, after spending all day working on photos I was surprised by Don bringing me enough turkey supper for 2 meals!

Thursday, I had a visit from niece Dawn and we went out for a beer and clamato juice. She and I called our buddy Gustavo on WhatsApp and had a good chat. I tried to give her my ticket to Saturday's game between the Elks and Roughriders (she's a Sask. fan) but she did not want to go alone, so I later gave it to Ross who lives on my floor..

Friday I worked on photos all day again and lent my Bill Clinton/James Patterson book to Don to read.

Ross came by and we watched sports in the evening, football, baseball and hockey...

Saturday I was up to watch our Canadian gals get trounced by a savvy British squad in the wonen's Rugby Championship. I don't know if I will ever understand that weird sport....

And I basically watched sports all day. This is such a fabuous time of year for sports, with baseball playoffs, football, curling, hockey, tennis, MotoGP, Formula 1 and so much more....

Sunday I was up in time to catch my guy, Marc Marquez, win his 7th MotoGP Championship. I became a fan years ago of his fearless and aggressive riding.

Then Manitoba's Matt Dunstone team won the Men's first Grand Slam of Curling event over Scotland, and then my team Homan won the Women's side over Italy.

Next the Toronto Blue Jays made Canada proud by winning baseball's American league Pennant in their division 13-4....

I was called down to play cribbage in the late afternoon and held my own this time. Downstairs I ran into Ross who actually admitted that he did not use the ticket I gave him for the football game... I was upset, but thankful that he was honest about it.

Then we watched the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3!

So, overall, it has been exciting sports overload, on the winning side for a change.

Of course I read my books while the sports are happening to keep my blood pressure down, lol...

I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.

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NOTE that you may click on any photo for an ENLARGED VIEW.

Fearless Marc Marquez

7 times a Champion

He installs his tile in the trophy

Teamwork pays off

Canada wins at curling

Blue Jays win handily

Oilers hang on to a win too

Fall is coming...